(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Kien Giang Department of Industry and Trade, in the first six months of this year, the province's export turnover reached over US$170 million, completing over 42% of the year plan, up 2.6% from the same period last year.

Recently, the export activities of Kien Giang province showed signs of good prospects for development, especially exports of marine products which all increased year on year. In particular, shipments of frozen fish increased by 30%, those of cephalopod climbed up 30.5%, those of frozen shrimp inched up 14% and so on thanks to the recovery in exports to traditional markets such as Japan, South Korea and Europe. Some other items such as instant noodles, canned fish and oil for exports to the Cambodia rose by over 31% year on year.

Along with that, many export enterprises take the initiative in seeking partners and investing in modern technological lines which meet the regulations on quality control of products in importing markets. The policies on cross-border trade development have been implemented better, which contributes to facilitating the export activities of Kien Giang enterprises.

From now to the end of the year, the province will continue to implement measures to boost export activities in order to achieve and exceed the plan of 2017 with the export turnover of more than US$400 million.